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  1. Re:perl on Steve Bourne Talks About the History of Sh · · Score: 1

    all major UNIX operating systems have sh, while not all come with perl granted, lately more vendors are including open source products like perl, apache, ssh, etc. I'm talking about years ago, when you wanted a sysadmin script (something simple like cat + awk + sed) to run on solaris 2.5.1, AIX 4.3L, Linux 1.2.3, and HP-UX

  2. Re:no shit? on Are Windows 7 Testers Going Unheard? · · Score: 1

    mozilla crash reports are just like microsoft crash reports, both send crash information, so open source is a moot point. how do you install an older kernel in parallel? do you mean reboot into an older kernel? you can dual boot a windows box and do the same. thats not even taking into account using VMware with snapshots, which would work on linux, windows, solaris, etc

  3. Re:no shit? on Are Windows 7 Testers Going Unheard? · · Score: 1

    you're not on topic.. the idea behind my reply was to show that users giving feedback to any application's developers (open source or not) is simply that, feedback, and you should set your expectations accordingly and understand you do not know all the ramifications your suggestion could involve, the ratio of time spent vs how important it is, preventing feature creep, and more.

    if you've ever written an application, you'll know that one user will commend a feature as being invaluble, while another tries to rip you apart and tell you how it should change.

    this has nothing to do with open source

  4. no shit? on Are Windows 7 Testers Going Unheard? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Kernel 2.8.1 beta testers are disputing whether or not the linux community is taking notice of their feedback. The dispute follows a blog post by Linus Torvalds, the man in charge of engineering Kernel 2.8.1. He notes that in one week in January the linux community received data through Kernel 2.8.1's automatic feedback system every 15 seconds. According to Linus, it's impossible to keep everyone happy. That's partly because there are only so many changes the linux community can make to the system and still finish it, and partly because in many cases testers often have opposing views about a feature."

  5. har! on YouTube To Allow Self-Serve Ads For Major Media Players · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So its going to be like hulu.com

  6. oh ok... on Sun Unveils RAID-Less Storage Appliance · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Fortune 500 companies typically standardize hardware, so people who say they can buy this from here, that from there, one more thing from eBay are rediculous.

    Also, to those who say small businesses can't afford this, its really an option. Some places like open source hodgepodges of hardware and some do not because their small business generates enough money that investing in enterprise class hardware with gold 4 hour response from a solid company with a history of UNIX experience and integration with Solaris.

    Also, said Fortune 500 companies get massive discounts, as what you're seeing is retail price.

  7. doh on AVG Virus Scanner Removes Critical Windows File · · Score: 2, Interesting

    you get what you pay for?

  8. w00t on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    1) ungzip and untar on GNU and non-GNU systems
    tar xf filename.tar | gzip -dc -

    2) how to do a command for MANY files at once
    /bin/sh cd /directory/with/files for i in *gz do gzip -d $i done

  9. Re:YES! on Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    lol, we're having two different converstaions...

  10. Re:YES! on Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    uh, all distros are geared towards dynamic, hence /lib

  11. Re:YES! on Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    if they added a feature to have statically linked package when you dont want to deal with dependancies ,we'd be set

  12. Re:So what? Not news, though the reverse would be on Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    i dont see games being forcefully moved to windows 7. vista sound API is different than XP, but they have wrappers that developers use to get around that and its been working fine. since nobody complains if call of duty 4 is 5gb or 6gb of disk space, im sure they can put in some conditional statements and use a workaround if OS is XP, Vista, or W7

  13. WE NEED MORE WHITE SPAE IN BETWEEN CANDIDATES on WV Voters Say Machines Are Switching Votes · · Score: 1

    I saw a news article where they showed the UI and its obviously not fraud but a UI issue with the layout of the buttons being so close together and the "fat finger" like effect of putting your finger on obama and moving the finger up enough that it then choses McCain. My advice is to have a seperate screen per category, prop, etc. So each candidate can have more screen real estate , with alot of empty white space in between.

  14. Re:Lightbulb? on World's Smallest IPv6 Stack By Cisco, Atmel, SICS · · Score: 1
  15. hah on New Contestants On the Turing Test · · Score: 1

    if AI gets smart enough, and it doesn't answer our questions the way we want it to, i'm guessing we'll call it a failure and get forget it ever happened..

  16. iphone 3g ish.. on Firefox Add-On To Track Your Location Via Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    im guessing google maps would use this like it currently uses the GPS feature in an iPhone 3G

  17. could be cool on Google Brings Ads To Games, Game Ads To YouTube · · Score: 1

    I think it could add a new and lifelike element to video games... imagine playing halflife 4 and while you are walking around, posters showing the latest release of a movie update as you play the game throughout the weeks. All I ask is that video games become cheaper due to their added revenue stream.

  18. no VPN?? on Greek Hackers Target CERN's LHC · · Score: 1

    my guess is they have people working remotely, probably worldwide, and do not have a high enough security process in place.

  19. summary made a mistake.... on Jedi Knights Course Offered By Queen's University Belfast · · Score: -1, Troll

    Queen's University Belfast Community College

  20. random ideas on San Fran Hunts For Mystery Device On City Network · · Score: 1

    if they know the IP address of the offending equipment, they should be able to find it on a switch/router and what port its connected to and then disable that port, or even just change the VLAN of that port to a blackhole.
    if its wireless, can't they just change the SSID and/or encryption key and change their existing machines to move over to the new wifi network?
    It seem's either of those could be done within 1 business day, then they can work on finding it.
    Am I missing something?

  21. free open source solution? on "Clear" Air-Travel Pass Data Stolen From SFO · · Score: 1

    1) Setup a web app using php and mysql
    2) Use SSL cert
    3) Have server hosting this data in a secured data center

    You can run reports and grab data when needed, and even export data to an excel spreadsheet using the MySQL GUI tool if you don't want to code the export in php.

  22. free on Oyster Card Hack To Be Released, In Good Time · · Score: 1

    open source, free as in transportation?

  23. Re:Isn't it as easy as on Taliban Demands Downtime on Afghanistan Cellphone Networks · · Score: 1

    its nice to be around when a new cliche is born.... =)

  24. here we have it on Bill Gates Speaks Out Against Immigration Policies · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How is stemming illegal immigration going to hurt Microsoft from issuing H1B visas? I have not heard about making it more difficult for legal immigrants, just illegal.

  25. Bookie on Nuclear Tech Race Is On In Middle East · · Score: 1

    So within 100 years, are we looking at a Persian Empire again, or maybe a Chinese Empire? You get 2:1 on your money with Chinese, and 3:1 if North Korea doesn't become a tribute state for China.